Sculptor and video artist Jay Lagemann lives on Martha's Vineyard. He created the monumental sculpture "Swordfish Harpooner" located in Menemsha. Being a grandfather many of his sculptures are based on family themes. He shows at the Ganary Gallery, in West Tisbury, the Featherstone Arts Center and the Field Gallery. Jay's View is Shown on MVTV at 8pm on Wednesdays.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Fortunately it was low tide and I was able to ride my bike up and down Lucy Vincent Beach.

Many years ago I made this one of my "Declared Sculptures". I think of it as a portrait of Alfred Hitchcock. I never thought it would last this long.

When I left the beach I headed for Menemsha, but on the Menemsha Cross Road my left knee began to hurt a little so I slowed down, turned around, and headed home. Don't need to push it and have a painful knee.

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Then finally the sun came out, the wind died, and I got on my mountain bike and went out for a ride.

I love this grove of Beetlebung Trees in the Menemsha Hills Reservation.

The Brickyard was my furthest point out. There is something about ruins that can't help but make you think. This is what is left of the Water Wheel which supplied all the power. It is hard to imagine a time before ubiquitous electric motors and gas engines.

Who is this Guy?

About Me

I have always liked making things. I fell in love with art when I spent my 18th summer travelling around Europe. At Princeton I took all the art courses available and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in mathematics in 1966. Disillusioned by the Vietnam War, I returned to travelling after getting my Ph.D. in Mathematical Logic from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I sailed across the North and South Atlantic and wrote an unpublished book before working my way on to the special effects crew for the movie JAWS 2. There I learned the skills to make just about anything. That came in handy because one day, sitting in the Sculpture Park at the Hirshorn Museum, I had a vision of creating the Wild Island Sculpture Park on my land in Chilmark. In 1994 I created the monumental sculpture, the Swordfish Harpooner, in Menemsha for the Chilmark Tricentennial. I work with a variety of materials because I view almost everything as sculpture from the placement of driftwood on the beach to the building of my own house and studios. I have a unique way of seeing things and in 1997 I started making my own public access TV show: Jay's View.

Family - Presidential Welcome 2009

A Sculpture by Jay Lagemann made to celebrate the Obamas coming to Jay's home town on the Island of Martha's Vineyard for their Summer Vacation.